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Asia, Bithynia et Pontus and Thracia: Roman province map

A merged unit on the source map, combining several provinces.

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AD 117about 4,880,924 km²The empire at its greatest extent, after Trajan's eastern conquests; Trajan dies and Hadrian succeeds. Ruler: Trajan, then Hadrian.
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Territory

  • Roman Empire Territory at the chosen date
  • Eastern empire From AD 395, the part later called Byzantine
  • Western empire AD 395 and, as reconquests, AD 565

Layers

  • Province border Where provinces are shown, AD 200 outlines
  • Roman city Pleiades places attested in the period
  • Main Roman road Itiner-e, about AD 150 (not tied to the date)
  • Modern country border Today’s borders, for comparison

Borders are approximate and debated. Frontier zones were not hard lines, and client kingdoms are not counted unless the source map includes them. Outlines for 133 BC, 44 BC, AD 14 and the later dates are rebuilt from the province outlines of AD 200, so early frontiers look more settled than they were. 264 BC and the Byzantine dates follow modern regional boundaries and are coarser still. 753 BC is a symbolic dot on Rome.

Asia, Bithynia et Pontus and Thracia at a glance

This unit combines several provinces. AWMC draws Asia, Bithynia et Pontus and Thracia as one cell. Asia: bequeathed 133, province 129 BC. Bithynia: 74 BC. Thracia: AD 46. Before AD 46 only the part inside AWMC's 60 BC extent is counted. The dates and capital below are for the main province in the unit.

  • Ephesuscapital
  • 129 BCfirst Roman
  • 301,829 km²area on the AD 200 map

Asia, Bithynia et Pontus and Thracia is a single unit on the source map that joins several provinces. Its main province was Roman from 129 BC, with its capital at Ephesus. On the AD 200 map it covers about 301,829 km², spread across Turkey (72%), Bulgaria (21%) and Greece (5.3%) today. It is inside the empire on the map at 44 BC, AD 14, AD 117, AD 211, AD 395, AD 476 and AD 565.

Dates: Wikipedia: Asia (Roman province); Bithynia and Pontus; Thracia (Roman province). The outline is the Ancient World Mapping Center province map of AD 200, so earlier and later shapes of the province may have differed.

Which modern countries does Asia, Bithynia et Pontus and Thracia cover?

CountryShare of the provinceArea (km²)
Roman Turkey72%218,442
Roman Bulgaria21%62,153
Roman Greece5.3%15,976
Roman North Macedonia0.6%1,842

Asia, Bithynia et Pontus and Thracia on the key dates

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